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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A student opened fire at a Dallas-area school Monday morning, killing one student and injuring another before being arrested on a capital murder charge, police said. The shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring …

The Islamabad police said on Tuesday that Siddique Jan, a journalist affiliated with Bol News, had been apprehended in connection with the violence and rioting that erupted outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) when former premier Imran Khan attended a hearing related to the Toshakhana case. Hours-long clashes were reported between PTI workers and the capital police on Saturday after the former prime minister arrived …

QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial has underlined the need for shunning all differences in view of the current and said ‘we all should think for the country’s betterment’. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed building of the Supreme Court Quetta registry on Monday, the CJP said the building had no importance, but the provision …

LAHORE: Just a day after the announcement of Rs50 subsidy on each litre of petrol for the ‘less privileged’, State Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Monday announced the government will provide petrol at Rs100 less than the official rate for motorbikes and cars of up to 800cc. “The initial working was to provide petrol at Rs50 less than …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday granted police two-day physical remand of former premier Imran Khan’s nephew Hassaan Niazi in a case related to misbehaving with officials. Shortly after the verdict was announced by Judicial Magistrate Abbas Shah, Niazi approached another sessions court against the decision, which sought a reply from the police by tomorrow (Wednesday). The court …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted PTI Chairman Imran Khan protective bail in two terrorism cases registered against him in Islamabad following last week’s clashes at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC). The first information reports (FIRs) registered at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Golra police stations in the capital accused the PTI chief and party workers of being …

PESHAWAR: The local administration on Sunday imposed Section 144, banning gatherings of more than five persons across the Peshawar district. A notification issued from the office of deputy commissioner Shah Fahad said that the ban would come into force forthwith and would remain enforced for a period five days unless modified or withdrawn. It said that the district administration had …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that low-income segments would be given a subsidy of Rs50 per litre under the petroleum relief package. The announcement comes days after the government increased the prices of all petroleum products, except the insignificant light diesel oil, by up to Rs13 per litre for the next fortnight. The finance ministry said the increase was caused …

LAHORE: In startling remarks, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has claimed that he did not disembark from his vehicle at the Judicial Complex in Islamabad — where he went to attend a hearing in the Toshakhana case against him on Saturday — because “unknown people” were positioned there with plans to kill him. “Had I not moved from the complex immediately that might …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday strongly condemned the “vile campaign” against the Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir abroad and called on overseas Pakistanis to raise their voices against it. “The campaign against the army chief is intolerable and a continuation of the conspiracy against the institutions,” he said in a statement issued by …